Lok Sabha adjourned repeatedly after uproar over Telangana, Re fall

NEW DELHI: Resurfacing of protest over Telangana and a host of other issues, including Trinamool Congress campaign to "Save the Rupee", created repeated uproar in the Lok Sabha today.


The House was adjourned four times till 3 PM as the Telangana issue was raised after end of the suspension period of the Andhra Pradesh MPs which saw TDP and Congress from the Seemandhra region storming the Well.

The Andhra MPs carried posters saying 'We want United Andhra Pradesh', 'Justice to Telugu people' and 'We want Justice'.

Trinamool Congress members were also in the Well carrying placards -- 'Central govt making the country bankrupt', and shouting slogans like 'save rupee, save India' and denouncing the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and the government.

They also drew the attention of the House towards rising prices of onions.

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad and party leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh were in the Well to draw the attention of the government over the floods in Bihar and UP, with Prasad saying 40 districts have been affected and crops destroyed.

At the same time, AIADMK MPs also entered the Well raising slogans against the government for not taking adequate steps to save fishermen from Tamil Nadu from the alleged attack by Sri Lankan Navy.